Penning a stage review of the eminent play THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams makes me feel like a humble commoner staring into my modest closet’s thrift store contents after receiving an invitation to an audience with the Queen of England. Overwhelmed. Will I reach inside and draw out anything worthy and credible, up to … Continue reading
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2019 in a Teapot: Reflections on Regional Theatre
2020 ushers in my fifteen-year mark of writing theatre critique, advocacy and arts features in the Texas/Oklahoma region. How tempus does fugit. I saw an array of well wrought, engaging productions throughout the year. The endeavors of young, adventuresome artists encourage me to think that the region has enormous growth potential. Small companies with strict … Continue reading
Justice Served? Media Metrics and Elephants In the Room
In response to the Dallas Morning News feature posted online May 2, 2018 and shortly after in print, “Now What?”: Do ethics and truth mean nothing compared to trolling for increased metrics under the flimsy guise of “presenting both sides of a story”? Clueless, callous opportunism? Check. The Dallas News article shed no new … Continue reading
Undeterred: DEFERRED ACTION by Cara Mia Theatre Co & Dallas Theater Center
Most of this feature/review ran in American Theatre Magazine online May 3, 2016. Audience response to David Lozano’s and Lee Trull’s Deferred Action, playing through May 14 at Dallas’ Wyly Theatre, a co-production between Cara Mia Theatre Co and Dallas Theater Center: “It was infuriating. I want simple answers and my beliefs reinforced, the way … Continue reading
From mountaintop to gutter: Dallas Theater Center strikes gold and out
Running through November 15 at the Studio Theatre at the Wyly Theatre, Katori Hall’s Broadway hit and 2010 Olivier Award winner The Mountaintop demonstrates how a properly mounted, carefully-crafted work of fantasy based loosely on real life events can manifest as some of the finest dramatic entertainment on a local stage. Dallas Theater Center came … Continue reading
Best on the Boards: DFW Theatre Critics Forum 2015
Another year of outstanding D/FW thespian endeavor rolls by. Herein I post the decisions arrived at by the Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum after three hours of deliberation, negotiation, advocacy and munching David Novinski’s delicious gluten-free brownies to finish our potluck meal at Martha’s. I’m stoked by the diversity and quality of performance art in … Continue reading
Rocky Horror’s Alien Transvestite Lifestyle: YOU have a CHOICE
Was it a lifestyle choice? I just couldn’t make it. After the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (adaptation of the 1973 stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, by Richard O’Brien) became a late night cult sensation in New York City in 1976, it swept the nation in the burgeoning midnight movie slot. The … Continue reading
2013-14 DFW Theater Critics Forum Awards
Some of these shows I did not see. A number I would not honor with awards. EVER. I am disappointed that neither Ochre House’s Christhelmet (directed by Matthew Posey) nor Diana Sheehan’s Full Gallop or her sophisticated cabaret, Searching for Gertrude Lawrence at WaterTower Theatre met the critical popularity threshold. I am quite thrilled for other wins. Call it a draw…. Direction: … Continue reading
Feasting Beggars, Flying Inspectors: DTC’s “Les Miserables”
I sympathize with the Dallas Theater Center. I comprehend the in depth planning behind their “concept” productions and note their fascination with descriptive words like “new, innovative, modern, and accessible to all”. I get the fact that the powers making artistic decisions there generally don’t seem to trust plays or their characters as written or … Continue reading
DFW Theatre Critics’ Forum Awards: 2013
Critics’ Forum Awards in 2013: a testament to the diverse, dynamic thespian output produced in our North Texas region, from originals to Classics, contemporary and edgy to the beloved, tried-and-true. In 2013 a youth theatre program figures prominently in the honors, and a 12-year-old member of its dedicated ensemble earns recognition for giving one of … Continue reading
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